Hi Avery: Not to worry. It's OK to have a long run of #17 or #18 wire, it all depends upon the curvature of the Treble bridge. There is nothing magic about 4, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, etc. for stringing scales. It has more to do with the layout of the bridge, and the power you want versus the inharmonicity. There are several pianos which you will want to restring just like they were originally. You be the judge. If you don't like what you heard before, then you could refigure the entire scale. Jim Coleman, Sr. On Sun, 19 Jul 1998, Avery Todd wrote: > List, > > Can anyone confirm that the scale below is correct, built in 1994, > serial #328498? > I didn't mic the wires as I took them off because the numbering was > on the plate and I was just now looking at it and am not real sure of > the stringing scale. If I counted right, there are 18 of the 17 ga. wire! > Boy, that seems like a lot. This is the first Baldwin I've restrung in > many years. > It doesn't jibe with the old Baldwin book I have, though. *It* starts > with a 13 ga. wire and this one with a 13.5 ga. I guess it's that high > count of 18 ga. that's bothering me. Just trying to be sure and I can't > call Kent or the factory until tomorrow. > Here's my count: > > My Piano Old Baldwin Book > 13 (none) 13 5 > 13.5 - 5 13.5 - 4 > 14 - 4 14 - 4 > 14.5 - 4 14.5 - 6 > 15 - 4 15 - 6 > 15.5 - 4 15.5 - 6 > 16 - 8 16 - 6 > 16.5 - 4 16.5 - 4 > 17 - 18 17 - 10 > 18 - 6 18 - 6 > 19 - 4 19 - 4 > 20 - 2 20 - 2 > > 5 2-string tenor unisons > Bass Break > 20 bass unisons > > Thanks for any confirmation anyone can give me. > > Avery > > ___________________________ > Avery Todd, RPT > Moores School of Music > University of Houston > Houston, TX 77204-4893 > 713-743-3226 > atodd@uh.edu > http://www.music.uh.edu/ > > >
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